The UN's incoming special envoy for climate change, former Bank of Canada governor Mark Carney, is likening the climate crisis to a financial crisis — and says action by the financial sector to help tackle the issue is "absolutely necessary."
Neil Innes, the comedian and musician known for his work with the beloved British comedy troupe Monty Python and the bands The Rutles and Bonzo Dog Band, died on Sunday.
A man accused of storming into a rabbi's home and stabbing five people as they celebrated Hanukkah in an Orthodox Jewish community north of New York City was raised to embrace tolerance but has a history of mental illness, his family said.
Retailers legally selling marijuana for the past month in Michigan say they have drawn customers from surrounding Midwestern states where the drug remains illegal and, as Illinois prepares to joins the recreational market on Wednesday, officials are renewing warnings to consumers against carrying such products over state lines.
Kazakh carrier Bek Air said Monday the deadly crash of a jet near Almaty last week may have been caused by wake turbulence, an explanation immediately disputed by the Central Asian nation's air navigation company.
A top Iraqi militia leader warned of a strong response against U.S. forces in Iraq following airstrikes in Iraq and Syria overnight that hit several bases of his Iranian-backed group and killed at least 25 people.
As Australia battles wildfires that have razed more than 40,000 square kilometres across five states, volunteers are trying to save wild animals caught in the inferno.
A court in Sudan on Monday sentenced 27 security forces members to death for torturing and killing a detained protester during the uprising against Sudan's longtime autocrat, Omar al-Bashir, earlier this year.
A man pulled out a shotgun at a Texas church service and fired on worshippers Sunday, killing two people before he was shot to death by parishioners, police said.
A Chinese scientist who set off an ethical debate with claims he had made the world's first genetically edited babies was sentenced Monday to three years in prison because of his research, state media said.
